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A portrait of the Vladimir Putin from inside the Kremlin

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April 2012, no. 340

The Strongman: Vladimir Putin and the struggle for Russia by Angus Roxburgh

I.B. Tauris, $39.95 hb, 338 pp

A portrait of the Vladimir Putin from inside the Kremlin

by
April 2012, no. 340

The Western stereotype of the Russian bear has been reborn over the past decade, and Vladimir Putin can take much of the credit. If Hollywood decides to make a movie of John Le Carré’s Smiley’s People, the Russian president, a German-speaking KGB officer, would make an excellent Carla, the master spy.

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